Coriolis measuring sensor and coriolis measuring device having a coriolis measuring sensor

ABSTRACT

A Coriolis measuring sensor of a Coriolis measuring device includes: at least a pair of measuring tubes; a support body; at least one exciter; and at least two electromagnetic sensors per pair of measuring tubes, wherein the electromagnetic sensors are configured to mask interference magnetic fields and to detect local inhomogeneous magnetic fields generated by magnet devices of the sensor according to a winding direction and/or an interconnection configuration of coils of the magnet devices.

The invention relates to a Coriolis sensor having an improved sensorsystem, and to a Coriolis measuring device having such a Coriolissensor.

Coriolis measuring devices for measuring a mass flow rate or a densityof a medium flowing through a measuring tube of the meter are prior art;DE102015120087A1, for example, shows a two-tube Coriolis measuringdevice, wherein vibration sensors are based on a magnetic couplingbetween a coil and a magnet.

Such Coriolis measuring devices can be manipulated by interfering withthe magnetic coupling, for example by means of an external magnet.However, operation of a Coriolis measuring device in an externalmagnetic field also results in disturbances of the magnetic coupling. Invibrating measuring tubes, an external magnetic field causes, on the onehand, an alternating voltage directly in the coils moved with themeasuring tube and, on the other hand, eddy currents, for example inwalls of the measuring tube, which eddy currents distort a measurementsignal detected by means of the coils.

The object of the invention is to propose a Coriolis sensor, and aCoriolis measuring device having such a Coriolis sensor, in whichmanipulation by means of an external magnet is made more difficult.

The object is achieved by a Coriolis sensor according to independentclaim 1, and by a Coriolis measuring device according to independentclaim 13.

A Coriolis sensor, according to the invention, of a Coriolis measuringdevice for measuring a mass flow rate or a density of a medium flowingthrough measuring tubes of the Coriolis sensor, comprises:

at least one pair of measuring tubes for conducting a medium;a support body for supporting the measuring tubes;at least one exciter configured to excite measuring tube vibrations,per measuring tube pair, at least two sensors configured to detectmeasuring tube vibrations,wherein the measuring tubes of a respective measuring tube pair in therest position are symmetrical with respect to a respective center plane,wherein the measuring tubes of each measuring tube pair are configuredto carry out vibrations perpendicular to the respective center plane andto vibrate in opposite directions,wherein each sensor has at least one magnet device having in each case apermanent magnet and two coil devices, each having a respective coil,wherein the magnet device and the coil device are each arranged on ameasuring tube,wherein at least one magnet device is configured to be moved relative toat least one coil device by measuring tube vibrations,wherein cross-sectional surfaces of the coils are identical and parallelto one another and have an overlap of at least 90% with respect to theirsurface dimensions in a projection of one onto the other,wherein mutually facing sides of the coils each define a first end face,wherein the first end faces define a coil distance, wherein a ratio ofcross-sectional surface area to a square of the coil distance is, forexample, greater than 10, and especially greater than 30 and preferablygreater than 100,wherein the coils each have an inner end facing the other coil in eachcase, and an outer end facing away from the other coil in each case, andwherein the coils each have a winding direction,wherein a negative winding direction is assigned to an opposite windingdirection of the two coils, and wherein a positive winding coefficientis assigned to a co-rotating winding direction of the two coils, whereinthe sign of the winding coefficient is a first sign,wherein the coils are connected to one another in series via their ends,wherein a positive circuit coefficient is assigned to an interconnectionof the coils via both inner ends or via both outer ends, wherein anegative circuit coefficient is assigned to an interconnection of thecoils via one inner end and one outer end, wherein the sign of thecircuit coefficient is a second sign,wherein a product of the first sign, second sign is negative,wherein the at least one permanent magnet is configured to generate, inthe region of the coils, an inhomogeneous magnetic field having a fieldcomponent perpendicular to the cross-sectional surfaces of the coils.

The core of the invention is that magnetic interference fields, whichoccur at a distance from the sensor in the measuring tube wall due tothe vibrations of the measuring tubes in an external magnetic field as aresult of eddy currents, are alternating fields and, in a firstapproximation, induce electrical voltages in coils independently oftheir movement state, wherein an influence of a relative movement of thecoils with respect to the interference fields is negligible when thekinetic boundary conditions for Coriolis sensors are typical. By meansof an interconnection according to the invention of the coils, takinginto account the winding directions, the electrical voltages induced inthe coils are subtracted and thus extinguished in a very goodapproximation.

In contrast, voltages that are induced by at least one permanent magnetof the sensor in coils of the sensor are directly dependent on amovement of the coils relative to the corresponding permanent magnet,wherein, in the presence of a magnet device, a measurement voltage isinduced in at least one coil and is not extinguished in theinterconnection according to the invention, and wherein, in the presenceof two magnet devices, the measurement voltages induced in the coils areadded due to the interconnection and arrangement according to theinvention.

By means of an interconnection and embodiment of the coils according tothe invention, the effect of the interference fields generated by eddycurrents on the coils can thus be greatly reduced, and at the same timethe measurement voltages induced by the magnet devices can be added.

A voltage induced by the external magnetic field directly in the coilsalso moved by the measuring tubes is unproblematic from a measuringperspective even in Coriolis sensors according to the prior art since itis in phase with the measurement voltage induced by the magnet devicesand does not cause a flow rate measurement error.

It has been shown that a zero point error in a Coriolis sensor with asensor according to the invention can be improved by a factor of greaterthan 10 in comparison to the known Coriolis sensors. The zero pointerror is given by a flow rate measured at actual zero flow.

The cross-sectional surface of the coils in this case relates in eachcase to a surface comprised by an outer winding.

In one embodiment, the at least one permanent magnet has a second endface which is directed toward the coil systems and runs in parallel tothe cross-sectional surfaces of the coils, wherein a size of the secondend face deviates by at most 50% from a size of the first end face.

This ensures a minimum amount of inhomogeneity of the magnetic fieldgenerated by the at least one permanent magnet.

In one embodiment, the second end face has a maximum distance from anouter surface of a next coil,

wherein the maximum distance is less than 5 coil distances, andespecially less than 3 coil distances. and preferably less than 1.5 coildistances, and/orwherein the maximum distance is less than 5 mm, and especially less than3 mm, and preferably less than 1.5 mm.

In this way, a sufficient inductive effect of the at least one permanentmagnet is ensured.

In one embodiment, either the winding directions are opposite, and thecoils are electrically connected via both inner ends or via both outerends, or

wherein the winding directions are the same, and the coils areelectrically connected via one inner end and one outer end.

In one embodiment, a first magnet device is arranged on a firstmeasuring tube of a measuring tube pair and is configured to follow thevibration movements of the first measuring tube, wherein the permanentmagnet is configured to generate a magnetic field having a fieldcomponent perpendicular to the center plane,

wherein a first coil device is arranged on the first measuring tube ofthe measuring tube pair, and wherein a second coil device is arranged ona second measuring tube of the measuring tube pair, wherein the coildevices are configured to follow the vibration movements of eachmeasuring tube,wherein cross-sections of the permanent magnet and of the coilsprojected onto each center plane overlap, and wherein a coil arranged onthe first measuring tube is arranged especially between the permanentmagnet and a coil arranged on a second measuring tube of the measuringtube pair.

In one embodiment, the sensor has a second magnet device having apermanent magnet, wherein the second magnet device is arranged on thesecond measuring tube of the measuring tube pair and is configured tofollow the vibration movements of the second measuring tube, wherein thepermanent magnet is configured to generate a magnetic fieldperpendicular to the center plane and opposite the magnetic field of thefirst magnet device,

wherein cross-sections of the permanent magnet and of the coilsprojected onto the respective center plane overlap, and wherein the coilarranged on the second measuring tube is arranged especially between thepermanent magnet of the second magnet device and the coil of the firstcoil device.

The magnetic field composed of the two individual magnetic fields isthus highly inhomogeneous in the region of the coils.

In one embodiment, a first magnet device is arranged on a firstmeasuring tube of a measuring tube pair and is configured to follow thevibration movements of the first measuring tube, wherein the permanentmagnet is configured to generate a magnetic field having a fieldcomponent running in parallel to the center plane,

wherein a first coil device is arranged on the first measuring tube ofthe measuring tube pair, and wherein a second coil device is arranged ona second measuring tube of the measuring tube pair, orwherein a first coil device and a second coil device are arranged on asecond measuring tube of the measuring tube pair,wherein the coil devices are configured to follow the vibrationmovements of the respective measuring tube.

In one embodiment, a second magnet device having a permanent magnet isprovided, wherein the permanent magnet of the second magnet device isoriented opposite the permanent magnet of the first magnet device,

wherein, in a projection onto the center plane, the coils are arrangedbetween the permanent magnets.

In one embodiment, the second magnet device is arranged on the firstmeasuring tube and is configured to follow the vibration movements ofthe first measuring tube, wherein the first coil device is arranged onthe second measuring tube,

or wherein the second magnet device is arranged on the second measuringtube and is configured to follow the vibration movements of the secondmeasuring tube, wherein the first coil device is arranged on the firstmeasuring tube.

In one embodiment, the sensor has two connection wires configured toconnect to an electronic measuring/operating circuit, each connectionwire being connected to a coil end, wherein the connection wires areelectrically insulated and are brought together, wherein the connectionwires are especially twisted after they have been brought together, or

wherein the connection wires are run to a circuit board havingelectrically conductive conductor tracks, which conductor tracks are runin parallel at least in one connection wire/conductor track contactregion and have a distance from one another that is less than twoconductor track widths.

In one embodiment, the series connection of the coils is produced bymeans of an electrically conductive connecting wire or via a circuitboard having an electrically conductive conductor track, wherein thecoils are connected to the conductor track by means of electricallyconductive connecting wires.

In one embodiment, a cross-sectional surface of the coils is less than1000 square millimeters, and especially less than 500 squaremillimeters, and preferably less than 300 square millimeters,

and/or wherein a cross-sectional surface of the permanent magnets isless than 1000 square millimeters, and especially less than 500 squaremillimeters, and preferably less than 300 square millimeters.

A Coriolis measuring device according to the invention for measuring amass flow rate or a density of a medium flowing through measuring tubesof the Coriolis sensor comprises:

a Coriolis sensor according to the invention;an electronic measuring/operating circuit configured to operate the atleast one exciter and the sensors and to provide measured values of themass flow rate or of the density of the medium;an electronics housing for housing the electronic measuring/operatingcircuit.

The invention will now be described with reference to exemplaryembodiments.

FIG. 1 describes a design of an exemplary Coriolis meter with anexemplary Coriolis sensor;

and FIGS. 2 a) and 2 b) each describe an arrangement of an exemplarysensor according to the invention on a measuring tube pair;

FIGS. 3 a) to c) outline exemplary arrangements and embodiments of coildevices and magnet devices in relation to one another;

FIGS. 4 a) and b) outline further exemplary sensor arrangementsaccording to the invention;

and FIGS. 5 a) and b) outline the orientation and connection of coils ofcoil arrangements;

and FIG. 6 shows exemplary connections of a sensor to a circuit board.

FIG. 1 outlines the structure of an exemplary Coriolis measuring device1 having an exemplary Coriolis sensor 10, wherein the Coriolis sensorhas two measuring tubes 11, each having an inlet 11.1 and an outlet11.2, a support body 12 for supporting the measuring tubes, an exciter13, and two sensors 15. The exciter is designed to excite the twomeasurement tubes to vibrate perpendicular to a longitudinal measurementtube plane defined by the arc-shaped measurement tubes. The sensors areconfigured to detect the vibration impressed upon the measurement tubes.

The Coriolis sensing element is connected to an electronics housing 80of the Coriolis meter, which is configured to house an electronicmeasuring/operating circuit 77 which is configured to operate theexciter and the sensors and to determine and provide mass flow ratevalues and/or density values on the basis of vibration properties of themeasurement tube as measured by means of the sensors. The exciter andthe sensors are connected to the electronic measuring/operating circuitby means of electrical connections 19. The electrical connections 19 canrespectively be grouped together by cable guides.

A Coriolis measuring instrument according to the invention is notlimited to the presence of two measurement tubes. For example, theinvention can also be implemented in a four-tube meter.

FIG. 2 a) shows an exemplary schematic arrangement of a sensor accordingto the invention with a first magnet device 15.1 having a permanentmagnet 15.3 on a first measuring tube 11.1 and a first coil device 16.1,which is arranged on the first measuring tube, and a second coil device16.2, which is arranged on a second measuring tube 11.2. The measuringtubes are configured to vibrate relative to one another perpendicularlyto a center plane 18 so that the first magnet device in the second coildevice induces an electrical voltage in a coil 16.3 of the second coildevice, which voltage can be used to determine flow rate measuredvalues. The first coil device and the first magnet device are arrangedso as to be immovable relative to one another so that no electricalvoltage in the coil of the first coil device is induced by the firstmagnet device. Cross-sections of the permanent magnet of the magnetdevice and of the coils of the coil devices projected onto therespective center plane 18 at least partially overlap one another.

An external magnetic field, caused for example by technical or medicaldevices, creates eddy currents in the measuring tube wall in vibratingmeasuring tubes, which eddy currents induce phase-shifted interferencevoltages that distort a measurement voltage in the coils of the coildevices. According to the invention, the coil of the first coil deviceand the coil of the second magnet device are connected in series andequipped with a respective winding direction (see FIGS. 5 a) and b)) insuch a way that the interference voltages of the coils cancel oneanother out so that the measurement voltage induced in the coil of thesecond coil device remains in a very good approximation.

FIG. 2 b) shows a further exemplary schematic arrangement of a sensor,wherein, in contrast to the embodiment of the sensor shown in FIG. 2 a),a second magnet device 15.2 is provided, which is arranged on the secondmeasuring tube. The second coil device and the second magnet device arearranged so as to be immovable relative to one another so that noelectrical voltage in the coil of the second coil device is induced bythe second magnet device. In contrast to the embodiment shown in FIG. 2a), when the measuring tubes vibrate, a measurement voltage is alsoinduced in the coil of the first coil device since a permanent magnet15.3 of the second magnet device induces a voltage in the coil of thefirst coil device 16.1.

In the case of a series connection of the coil according to FIGS. 5 a)or b), interference voltages cancel one another out, and the measurementsignals induced in the coils are amplified. The permanent magnets areoriented to be antiparallel to one another so that the coils arrangedbetween the permanent magnets experience a highly inhomogeneous magneticfield.

By means of the sensor according to the invention, the influence ofinterference magnets or external magnetic fields can thus be greatlyreduced in a very simple manner without having to resort to electroniccorrective measures. It has been shown that a zero point error(calculated flow rate at zero flow) of the Coriolis measuring device canbe reduced to below 10% of the zero point error of a Coriolis measuringdevice without the sensor according to the invention.

Mutually facing sides of the coils each define a first end face 16.33,wherein the first end faces define a coil distance, wherein a ratio ofcross-sectional surface area to a square of the coil distance is greaterthan 10, and especially greater than 30 and preferably greater than 100.This results in a spatial proximity of the coils so that, in the case ofan interconnection according to the invention, they can detectexclusively local, inhomogeneous magnetic fields in a very goodapproximation.

FIGS. 3 a) to 3 c) outline various exemplary embodiments of coil devicesand magnet devices of a sensor having two magnet devices as shown inFIG. 2 a) and FIG. 2 b), wherein the arrows indicate a movementdirection of measuring tubes.

FIG. 3 a) outlines a sensor in which a permanent magnet is arranged inthe interior of an associated coil. The coil may be a winding coil.However, the coil may also be a sintered coil, especially an LTCC coil.A central region may be free of windings and/or sintered material.

FIGS. 3 b) and c) outline sensors in which coil and the associatedpermanent magnet are arranged one behind the other. Advantageously, thepermanent magnets are arranged as shown in FIG. 3 b), oppositely to thevariant shown in FIG. 3 c), on a rear side of a coil device so that amagnetic repulsion between the permanent magnets is reduced.

FIG. 4 a) shows a further exemplary arrangement of a sensor according tothe invention, wherein a first magnet device 15.1 and a second magnetdevice 15.2 are fastened to a first measuring tube 11.1, and a firstcoil device 16.1 and a second coil device 16.2 are fastened to a secondmeasuring tube 11.2, wherein the projections of the coils are arrangedbetween the projections of the permanent magnets. As shown in FIGS. 2 a)and b), the measuring tubes are configured to vibrate perpendicularlywith respect to the center plane 18, as indicated by the horizontalarrows. In contrast to the embodiment shown in FIGS. 2 a) and b), thepermanent magnets are configured to generate magnetic fields in parallelto the center plane and opposite to one another, wherein when themeasuring tubes vibrate, the coils or coil devices are movedperpendicularly to the magnetic field generated by both permanentmagnets.

FIG. 4 b) shows a further exemplary arrangement of a sensor according tothe invention, wherein, in contrast to the variant shown in FIG. 4 a), acoil device and a magnet device are arranged on a measuring tube.

The coil devices shown in FIGS. 2 a) to 4 b) each have a convexenvelope, wherein a distance of the convex envelope along coillongitudinal axes in the rest position of the measuring tubes is ideallyless than 3 millimeters, and especially less than 2 millimeters, andpreferably less than 1.5 millimeters. Measurement voltages can thus beinduced better and more effectively in the coils.

The fastening of the coil devices and of the magnet devices on therespective measuring tubes can take place directly or, for example, viaa holder (not shown). For the person skilled in the art, it is astandard task to select a fastening method. In order to minimize sensormass so that it has only negligible influence on the measuring tubevibrations, a cross-sectional surface area of the coils is less than1000 square millimeters, and especially less than 500 square millimetersand preferably less than 300 square millimeters, and/or across-sectional surface area of the permanent magnets is less than 1000square millimeters, and especially less than 500 square millimeters, andpreferably less than 300 square millimeters.

According to the embodiments shown in FIGS. 2 a) and b), only one magnetdevice each can also be arranged in the embodiments shown in FIGS. 4 a)and b).

FIGS. 5 a) and 5 b) each outline a series connection according to theinvention of the coils to one another on the basis of exemplary coilsand permanent magnets.

The magnetic field of a permanent magnet 15.3 of the first/second magnetdevice, which field is variable due to measuring tube vibrations, in thereference system of a coil of the second/first coil device induces anelectrical voltage in the coil according to Faraday's induction law,wherein electrons experience a force perpendicular to an orientation ofthe magnetic field. Since between the magnet devices, the magnetic fieldof the first magnet device is opposite to the magnetic field of thesecond magnet device, the force on electrons in the coil of the firstcoil device is opposite to the force on electrons in the coil of thesecond coil device. In order to obtain a measurement voltage addition ofthe measurement voltages generated in the coils when the coils arearranged on different measuring tubes,

either the winding directions of the coils must be opposite and thecoils must be electrically connected via both inner coil ends 16.31 (seeFIG. 5 b)) or via both outer ends, or the winding directions must be thesame and the coils must be electrically connected via one inner end andone outer end (FIG. 5 a).

The core of the invention is therefore that magnetic interferencefields, which, for the most part, arise at some distance from thesensor, have the same field gradient in both coil systems of a sensor ina very good approximation and thus interfere destructively in theirinductive effect as a result of the claimed interconnection of thecoils.

The compensation of the interference voltages functions in the same wayin a sensor with two coil devices and one magnet device.

As shown in FIGS. 5 a) and 5 b), the coils can be connected by means ofan electrically conductive connecting wire 14.2.

FIG. 6 illustrates an exemplary connection of the sensor to a circuitboard 17, wherein connection wires 14.1 for connecting the coils to anelectronic measuring/operating circuit are run in each case to aelectrically conductive conductor track 17.1 of the circuit board. Theconductor tracks are brought together and then run in parallel to oneanother. A magnetic loop can thus be reduced. As shown here, the seriesconnection of the coils can, in contrast to what is shown in FIGS. 5 a)and 5 b), be ensured via an electrically conductive conductor track17.1. The measurement voltages can then be conducted to the electronicmeasuring/operating circuit by means of an electrical connection 19.

As an alternative to the circuit board, the connection wires can also betwisted in order to reduce a magnetic loop.

LIST OF REFERENCE SIGNS

-   1 Coriolis meter-   10 Coriolis sensing element-   11 Measuring tube-   11.1 First measurement tube-   11.2 Second measurement tube-   12 Supporting element-   13 Exciter-   14 Sensor-   14.1 Connection wires-   14.2 Connecting wire-   15 Magnet device-   15.1 First magnet device-   15.2 Second magnet device-   15.3 Permanent magnet-   15.31 Second end face-   16 Coil device-   16.1 First coil device-   16.2 Second coil device-   16.3 Coil-   16.31 Inner coil end-   16.32 Outer coil end-   16.33 First end face-   17 Circuit board-   17.1 Electrically conductive conductor track-   18 Center plane-   19 Electrical connection-   77 Electronic measuring/operating circuit-   80 Electronics housing

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 14. A Coriolis sensor of a Coriolis measuring devicefor measuring a mass flow rate or a density of a medium flowing throughmeasuring tubes of the Coriolis sensor, the Coriolis sensor comprising:at least one pair of measuring tubes adapted to convey a mediumtherethrough; a support body configured to support the measuring tubes;at least one exciter configured to excite vibrations in the measuringtubes; and for each measuring tube pair, at least two electromagneticsensors configured to detect the measuring tube vibrations, wherein themeasuring tubes of a respective measuring tube pair are symmetricalrelative to a respective center plane in a rest position, wherein themeasuring tubes of each measuring tube pair are configured to executevibrations perpendicular to the respective center plane and to vibratein opposite directions, wherein: each electromagnetic sensor includes atleast one magnet device, each including a permanent magnet and two coildevices, each including a coil; the at least one magnet device isconfigured to be moved relative to at least one coil device by themeasuring tube vibrations; cross-sectional surfaces of the coils areparallel and equal to each other and have an overlap of at least 90%with respect to their surface dimensions in a projection onto eachother; mutually facing sides of the coils each define a first end face,wherein the first end faces define a coil distance, wherein a ratio of across-sectional surface area to a square of the coil distance ofrespective coils is greater than 10; the coils each have an inner endfacing the respective other coil and an outer end facing away from therespective other coil, and wherein the coils each have a windingdirection; a negative winding coefficient defines an opposite windingdirection of the coils, and wherein a positive winding coefficientdefines to a same winding direction of the coils, wherein a first signis defined by whether the winding coefficient is negative or positive;the coils are connected to each other in series via either their innerends or their outer ends, wherein a positive circuit coefficient definesan interconnection of the coils via both inner ends or via both outerends, wherein a negative circuit coefficient defines an interconnectionof the coils via one inner end and one respective outer end, wherein asecond sign is defined by whether the circuit coefficient is negative orpositive; a product of the first sign and the second sign is negative;and the permanent magnet of the at least one magnet device is configuredto generate, in the region of the coils, an inhomogeneous magnetic fieldhaving a field component perpendicular to the cross-sectional surfacesof the coils.
 15. The Coriolis sensor of claim 14, wherein the permanentmagnet of the at least one magnet device includes a second end facedirected toward the coil devices and extending parallel to thecross-sectional surfaces of the coils, wherein a size of the second endface deviates by at most 50% from a size of the first end face.
 16. TheCoriolis sensor of claim 15, wherein at least one of the following ismet: the second end face has a maximum distance to a coil center planedefined by the first end faces; the maximum distance is less than 7 coildistances; and the maximum distance is less than 7 mm.
 17. The Coriolissensor of claim 14, wherein: the winding directions are opposite, andthe coils are electrically connected via both inner ends or via bothouter ends; or the winding directions are the same, and the coils areelectrically connected via one inner end and one respective outer end.18. The Coriolis sensor of claim 14, wherein a first magnet device ofthe at least one magnet device is disposed on a first measuring tube ofthe at least one measuring tube pair and is configured to follow thevibrations of the first measuring tube, wherein the permanent magnet ofthe first magnet device is configured to generate a magnetic fieldhaving a field component perpendicular to the corresponding centerplane, wherein a first coil device of the two coil devices is disposedon the first measuring tube, and wherein a second coil device of the twocoil devices is disposed on a second measuring tube of the at least onemeasuring tube pair, wherein the first and second coil devices areconfigured to follow the vibrations of the respective measuring tube,and wherein cross-sections of the permanent magnet and of the coilsprojected onto the corresponding center plane overlap, and wherein thecoil of the first coil device disposed on the first measuring tube isdisposed between the permanent magnet and the coil of the second coildevice disposed on the second measuring tube.
 19. The Coriolis sensor ofclaim 18, wherein a second magnet device of the at least one magnetdevice is disposed on the second measuring tube and is configured tofollow the vibrations of the second measuring tube, wherein thepermanent magnet of the second magnet device is configured to generate amagnetic field perpendicular to the corresponding center plane andopposite to the magnetic field of the first magnet device, and whereincross-sections of the permanent magnet and of the coils projected ontothe corresponding center plane overlap, and wherein the coil of thesecond coil device disposed on the second measuring tube is disposedbetween the permanent magnet of the second magnet device and the coil ofthe first coil device.
 20. The Coriolis sensor of claim 14, wherein afirst magnet device of the at least one magnet device is disposed on afirst measuring tube of the at least one measuring tube pair and isconfigured to follow the vibrations of the first measuring tube, whereinthe permanent magnet of the first magnet device is configured togenerate a magnetic field having a field component extending parallel tothe corresponding center plane, and wherein a first coil device of thetwo coil devices is disposed on the first measuring tube, and wherein asecond coil device of the two coil devices is disposed on a secondmeasuring tube of the measuring tube pair, or wherein the first coildevice and the second coil device are disposed on the second measuringtube, wherein the first and second coil devices are configured to followthe vibrations of their corresponding measuring tube.
 21. The Coriolissensor of claim 20, wherein the permanent magnet of a second magnetdevice of the at least one magnet device is oriented to be opposite tothe permanent magnet of the first magnet device, wherein, in aprojection onto the corresponding center plane, the coils are disposedbetween the permanent magnets.
 22. The Coriolis sensor of claim 21,wherein the second magnet device is disposed on the first measuring tubeand is configured to follow the vibrations of the first measuring tube,wherein the first coil device is disposed on the second measuring tube,or wherein the second magnet device is disposed on the second measuringtube and is configured to follow the vibration movements of the secondmeasuring tube, wherein the first coil device is disposed on the firstmeasuring tube.
 23. The Coriolis sensor of claim 14, wherein eachelectromagnetic sensor of the at least two sensors includes twoconnection wires configured to connect to an electronicmeasuring/operating circuit, each connection wire connected to a coilend, wherein the connection wires are electrically insulated and twistedtogether, or wherein the connection wires are routed to a circuit boardincluding electrically conductive conductor tracks that extend parallelto each other at least in a segment of the conductor tracks, which areseparated from each other by less than two conductor track widths. 24.The Coriolis sensor of claim 14, wherein the series connection of thecoils is effected by an electrically conductive connecting wire or via acircuit board including an electrically conductive track, wherein thecoils are connected to the conductor track via electrically conductiveconnecting wires.
 25. The Coriolis sensor of claim 14, wherein across-sectional surface of the coils is less than 1000 squaremillimeters, and/or wherein a cross-sectional surface of the permanentmagnets of the at least two electromagnetic sensors is less than 1000square millimeters.
 26. A Coriolis measuring device for measuring a massflow rate or a density of a medium flowing through measuring tubes ofthe Coriolis sensor, the measuring device comprising: a Coriolis sensoraccording to claim 14; an electronic measuring/operating circuitconfigured to operate the at least one exciter and the at least twoelectromagnetic sensors and to generate measured values of the mass flowrate or the density of the medium; and an electronics housing configuredto contain the electronic measuring/operating circuit.